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Children's Rights Issues in the World
Nepal/India/Pakistan
Nepal's Lost Circus Children (Aljazeera)
Nepal's Rescued Circus Children (Aljazeera)
Country Background
Nepal: A Country Study Background information on the country. Historical setting, society and environment, economy, government and politics, chronology and important events.
Child Nepal Child Nepal (CN) is a campaign based national organization working on child rights and quality education. It was established in 2003 by a group of social activists with the mission "Promoting Child Rights through Quality Education".
Asha Nepal A human rights organisation working towards the social and economic empowerment of women and children affected by sex trafficking.
http://www.humanium.org/en/palestine/
An International child sponsorship NGO dedicated to stopping violations of children's rights throughout the World.
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine results in problems that affect both groups' children.
What are the right of a child in different parts of the World?
Are the rights of the children being fulfilled in the following regions?
Nepal/India/Pakistan
Camobodia/Vietnam
US/Europe
Brazil
Israel/Palestine
What are the issues threatening the rights of the children in each of these regions?
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To find information about Children's Rights in the different regions of the World, scroll down and find the region you want to study about.
Children's Rights Issues in the World
Nepal/India/Pakistan
Nepal's Lost Circus Children (Aljazeera)
Nepal's Rescued Circus Children (Aljazeera)
Country Background
Nepal: A Country StudyBackground information on the country. Historical setting, society and environment, economy, government and politics, chronology and important events.
National Geographic Kids
All about the country.
CIA The World Factbook
Information about the country from population to culture and society (choose Nepal on the menu).
Organizations and NGOs
Nepal Human RightsIssues and challenges
Human Rights Watch
News and reports about Human Rights in Nepal
Child Nepal
Child Nepal (CN) is a campaign based national organization working on child rights and quality education. It was established in 2003 by a group of social activists with the mission "Promoting Child Rights through Quality Education".
Asha Nepal
A human rights organisation working towards the social and economic empowerment of women and children affected by sex trafficking.
Humanium: Children of Nepal
Humanium: Children of India
Humanium: Children of Pakistan
An International child sponsorship NGO dedicated to stopping violations of children's rights throughout the World. Issues in India, Pakisntan and Nepal.
Malala Yousafzai's speech at the United Nations (BBC)
Street Children of India (Videos) - Mashpedia
Cambodia/Vietnam
Teaching Children About Rights in Vietnam (UNICEF)
Teaching children about rights in Vietnam by UNICEF_UK
Country Background
Cambodia - Facts and StatisticsCIA The World Factbook
Complete country profile (choose Cambodia on the drop down menu)
Organizations and NGOs
Humanium: Children of Cambodia**Humanium: Children of Vietnam**
An International child sponsorship NGO dedicated to stopping violations of children's rights throughout the World. Issues in Cambodia and Vietnam.
Children's Rights International in Cambodia and Vietnam
Projects and initiatives by Children's Rights International, an organization that promotes and advances the human rights of children in many regions of the World.
Making Children's Rights Work: Country Profiles on Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste and Viet Nam
A report on the issues affecting the region.
Cambodian Child's Dream Organization
This organization focuses on improving Children's rights to health and sanitation.
Universal Birth Registration Campaign. Lack of identity leads to dramatic consequences for children. - By
Plan International Cambodia
Promoting Child Rights to End Child Poverty by Plan International Cambodia
**Poverty and it's effect on other children's rights** by ConCERT
Children Labor in Cambodia
Country information on Vietnam and sex tourism
Vietnam's Street Children
United States
Country Background
BBC Country Profile
Profile of United States of America
CIA The World Factbook
Country profiles (choose the country on the drop down menu).
US yet to sign UN child rights treaty 20 years on - 20 Nov 09 (Aljazeera)
Organizations and NGOs
ACLU American Civil Liberties UnionChildren's Rights issues in the United States of America
Humanium: Children of United States of America
An International child sponsorship NGO dedicated to stopping violations of children's rights throughout the World. The website outlines the major issues in short:
- Poverty, causing malnutrition and over-consumption
See for instance the results in YouTube- Abuse and mistreatment
- The "Foster Care System"
Childrensrights.org: Foster Care (see also the video on children's personal stories)Children living in families that are not their own may face problem growing up there and later on in their adult life.
- Lacking health insurance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr_nRH903fc
Millions of US children without health insurance (YouTube)- Hispanic child labor
Child Farmworkers in the United States (YouTube)America's Hidden Harvest (Aljazeera)
- Juvenile law
Amnesty USA: Juvenile life without paroleAmnesty International bewails that punishment for children's crimes is oftentimes no different than punishment of adults.
Juveniles & the Death Penalty (YouTube)
- USA support nations with child soldiers
U.S. may pay for child soldiers in Somalia (YouTube)Should the U.S. aid countries that recruit child soldiers? (YouTube)
Europe
Country Background - for example Bulgaria
CIA The World Factbook
Country profiles (choose the country on the drop down menu).
Infoplease: Bulgaria
EUROPA: Bulgaria
Organizations and NGOs
Humanium: Children of RomaniaHumanium: Children of Bulgaria
An International child sponsorship NGO dedicated to stopping violations of children's rights throughout the World.
What About Us? Children's Rights in the European Union
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).
Guidelines on child-friendly justice
From the Council of Europe
The strategy of the European Commission (only from 2006!)
A good introduction to the situation in Europe, outlining issues, the EU's plan and a glossary, explaining the relevant terms.
Voices of young Europe Includes stories of children's participation and the effects of the economic crisis
Eurochild Video on Child Poverty in the European Union, including lots of individual stories
Council of Europe: Video spot to raise the awareness of adolescents on sexual violence and
“Keep me safe” from sexual violence
Home Affairs: Human Trafficking to Europe for forced prostitution and child labor. Includes a number of children's personal stories.
Further resources to Roma children's issues
Roma children face school discrimination in Eastern Europe
Amnesty International: Roma child segregation in European schools
The Importance of Education for Roma Children
Brazil
Country Background
CIA The World Factbook
BBC News Country Porfile
Organizations and NGOs
Humanium: Children of BrazilAn International child sponsorship NGO dedicated to stopping violations of children's rights throughout the World.
Children's Rights WIKI
Wiki with information on Children's Rights issues in several countries, including Brazil. Note: last updated in 2011.
The Right to Learn: Promoting Progress and Reducing Inequalities (UNICEF)
UNICEF: On the front line of preventing child deaths. Includes hygiene, child mortality and health care.
Action for Brazil's Children (ABC Trust)
Police 'still have blood on their hands'
Amnesty International reports on police violence against children
Further resources on chosen issues
Child Poverty in Brazil - Facts, Reasons, and what can be done.
Child labor in Brazil (YouTube, part 1)
Child trafficking: The Dark side of Brazil tourism
Child discrimination: Childhood racism is the focus of a special UNICEF campaign
Israel/Palestine
http://www.humanium.org/en/israel/
http://www.humanium.org/en/palestine/
An International child sponsorship NGO dedicated to stopping violations of children's rights throughout the World.
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine results in problems that affect both groups' children.
Organizations and NGOs
UNICEF condemns Israel over Palestinian children's rights violations - Palestinian children need improved protection in Israeli military detention
Children on both sides become victims of war
Child poverty also affects both groups.
[Palestine] Child poverty amid Jerusalem's Old City splendor [UNICEF]
**Number of Israeli children living in poverty rising**
Discrimination against minorities in Israel’s Schools. Both links' first paragraphs give
a good introduction to Israel's parallel school system:
http://mazinx.wordpress.com/discrimination-against-palestinian-arab-children-in-israels-schools/
http://www.refworld.org/docid/3c2b204d0.html
The discrimination is also in the curriculum: Israel and Palestine school textbooks ignore each others' history and show the other as the enemy.
Israel's Blockade Of Gaza Puts Palestinian Children's Health At Risk